Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-02
rhe Ea,e of Phiiin Hayilaud

The Washington Star of Tuesday says -
"The police here have received information
leading them to suspect that John Thomas
Ross, the burker, now under sentence of death
in Baltimore for killing Emma Brown. knows
something of the disappearance of Philip Ha'l-
land, the Montgomery county miller, and an
effort will be made to interview him on that
subject some time before his execution, which
is set for Friday. the 9th Of September. A
year ago last spring Haviland started for home
after disposing of his produce in this city. He
was seen in the suburbs, but an hour or so az
terward his team trotted into his yard at Sligo,
few miles outside Of the limits, with no one
on the drivers seat. Since then NO trace OF
the missing man has been found The officer
who claims 10 have obtained the information
firm in the belief that the missing man WAS
murdered and that Ross had something TO do
with the crime. He states that Ross was in the
District about the time Hayilani disappeared,
and be has every reason to believe that a negro
living near Rigges's farm also had hand in the
affair This man, be said, while under the in
6uence of liquor, had told something in rela
ton to the mystery, and had connected au :
other negro named Berkeley with it. Bark ley,
he said left the District some time ago. The
officer thsks that if Ross is interviewed on the
subject be may confess the killing of Haviland,
or tell " ho the murderer WAS il H.vilsnd real
ly was murdered. A special from this city TO
the New York World says that a month or SO
ago the rem ,ins Of Il white man were found
buried in the sandy bed OF a creek on be Wood
ley lone road in the neighberhood of the Presi
dents country place This probably refers To
the finding of human bones in Rock creek,
which were supposed to have been thrown
:here by medical students. Private Detectives
McDevilt and Flinders, who worked hard to
ind the missing miller shortly after he disap-
peared, were seen this m,rning by Star re-
porter. They do not believe Haviland was
murdered. Detective McDevitt said that dur
ing bis Investigations he learned mauy facts
which led him to believe that the missing mill
Ter had gone off TO live in some other part of
the country. In the 6rst place, be said, Ha'i-
lind resided in Charlss county, Nd, where be
esned property that bis wife frequently re-
qussted him to deed over the property 10 her,
but be always refused to do so, but, before dis
appearing, a nd without his wife's knowledge,
he transferred the property to her and she knew
asthing about it until she visited Charles cous-
ty and was told of it by relatives. Another
fact is, that while Haviland WAS 10 the milling
business in Charles county with bis brotLer.n-
Law he kept no books himself, bat trusted bis
brother-ln law to settle up the accounts. Some
times be would keep some few accounts On
shingles. After bis disappearance there were
found in bis house carefully prepared books
giving the names of ali persons who owed him
money aud the amounts, and also q note tell
ing where certain articles were, which, Mr..
McDevitt thinks, shows conclusively that be
had determined TO leave bis family. He also
carried what cash money be had with him
Detective McDevitt said that Haviland had a
brother or brother law, be was not positive
which, who mys;eriously disappeared in the
same msnner. His team was found under =
shed, where be had abandoned it, and he Was
afterwards found 10 Wisconsin, where be bsS
built residence and sen, for his family